Katie R. Wade, 74, of Port Arthur passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Promise Hospital in Nederland, with her family at her side.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Broussard’s, 505 12th Street, Nederland with Reverend Mickey Hebert officiating followed by interment in Memory Gardens. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday evening, July 25, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
A native of Vaughn, Mississippi, Katie moved to this area as a teenager, later getting married, assuming the fulltime roll as minister’s wife, loving mother, and homemaker. She never met a stranger, and if life became a little unpleasant, she also said, “this too shall pass.”
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil A. Wade; parents, Joseph L. and Mabron Lucille Summerlin; sisters, Georgie Mayo and Rena Summerlin; brother, Joe Summerlin; and grandson, Ronnie Howard. Survivors include her son, Craig Wade and his wife Becky of Port Arthur; sister, Bertie Lear; brother David Summerlin both of Woodville; grandchildren, Terry Wade and his wife Diane and Christina Rogers and her husband Ty all of Nederland, David Wade and Stephanie Howard and fiancé Joshua Halford all of Port Arthur, and Gene Mayo of Granbury; five grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.
The family wishes a special thank you to Jimmy and Ann Aldridge for all the love and support, Promise Hospital and the doctors and nurses.
